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New Tecumseth

Field	Value
name	New Tecumseth
official_name	Town of New Tecumseth
settlement_type	Town (lower-tier)
image_skyline	Straw bales on a stubble field in Alliston, Ontario.jpg
image_caption	Straw bales near Alliston
pushpin_map	CAN ON Simcoe#Canada Southern Ontario
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name
subdivision_name1
subdivision_name2	Simcoe
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Richard Norcross
leader_title1	MP
leader_name1	Scot Davidson
leader_title2	MPP
leader_name2	Brian Saunderson
established_title	Settled
established_date	ca. 1820
established_title2	Incorporated
established_date2	January 1991
area_footnotes
area_land_km2	274.21
population_as_of	2021
population_footnotes
population_total	43,948
population_density_km2	160.5
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
area_codes	705, 289 and 905
postal_code_type	Postal code FSA
postal_code	L9R
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website	newtecumseth.ca

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New Tecumseth is a town in Simcoe County, in south-central Ontario, Canada. While it is not officially a part of the Greater Toronto Area, it is counted, in terms of the census, as being a part of the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area.

History

The municipality was created in 1991 through the amalgamation of the Town of Alliston, the Villages of Beeton and Tottenham, and the Township of Tecumseth. The name 'New Tecumseth' was chosen because a Town of Tecumseh already existed in Essex County.

Communities

The main centres in New Tecumseth are the communities of Alliston, Tottenham, and Beeton.

The town also includes the smaller communities of Allimil, Green Briar, Nicolston, Penville, Randall, Rich Hill, Schomberg Heights and Thompsonville.

Education

New Tecumseth has nine elementary schools and two area high schools:

Alliston Union PS (Alliston)
Banting Memorial High School (Alliston)
Boyne River PS (Alliston)
Ernest Cumberland ES (Alliston)
FX O'Reilly Catholic School (Tottenham)
Monsignor Ronan Catholic School (Beeton)
St. James Catholic School (Tottenham)
St. Paul's Catholic School (Alliston)
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School (Tottenham)
Tecumseth Beeton ES (Beeton)
Tecumseth South Central PS (Tottenham)
Tottenham PS (Tottenham)
Alliston Community Christian School (Alliston)(Private)

Public schools are in the Simcoe County District School Board and Catholic with the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board.

Demographics

Historical populations | 1991| 20239 |2001| 26141 |2006| 27701 |2011| 30234 |2016| 34242 |2021| 43948

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, New Tecumseth had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 273.87 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Notable persons

Kate Aitken, influential cooking and homemaking expert, television and radio broadcaster, born in Beeton. A plaque was placed in Beeton Park in her honour.
Dr Sir Frederick Banting, physician and scientist born in Alliston. Discovered insulin with his assistant, Charles Best.
Sir William Osler, physician and professor of medicine was born in Bond Head (formerly in Tecumseth and now part of Bradford West Gwillimbury). He has been called 'the Father of Modern Medicine'.
Deanne Rose, Olympic medal-winning soccer player was born in New Tecumseth.
Jim Rutherford, retired NHL goaltender and Stanley-Cup-winning General Manager was born in Beeton.
Harvey Sproule, NHL club part owner, NHL St. Patrick’s Head Coach, OHA and NHL referee, Brier-level curler, international-level horse racing owner and broadcaster, Toronto Star sports writer born in New Tecumseth

References

"Place names - New Tecumseth". [[Natural Resources Canada]].
(9 February 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census: New Tecumseth". Statistics Canada.
"Home".
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". [[Statistics Canada]].
"And now here's Mrs. A... Kate Aitken's Story".
"New Tecumseth census profile". Statistics Canada.

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